Tracking how many users you have and how many of them visit an article is hardly any breach of privacy compared to what ad companies retain.
Use an open source solution about analytics and minimise data collection if not absolutely necessary.
You little late to the party?
The developer was threatened with legal action I last read so he was forced to takedown.
I fail to understand if a slap on the wrist is enough to defer these kids from the cookie. Legislation needs to be passed and a no second strike policy implemented where you lose the licence in the event they are found to be illegally serving any parties.
LineageOS without google is a good start if supported
Slow and steady is a better practice than going for the big ones outright.
People are not predictable and they need to be sure this wont affect their business by creating a trend. On second thought it is a bit surprising that no tiktok trend has exploded where they instruct people to block ads with uBlock.
DeGoogle your phone if you can.
I think is time to be proactive regarding privacy rather than just keep whining about it!
Maybe!
I learned the hard way to not take chances though!?
I've yet to find someone good in the office since Kennedy!
Fancy charisma or not, all of them have some agenda to attend to that does not align with people's best interest.
What if you don't use credit cards at all!?
Imagine if the dialer could sync a region specific spam blocklist
I doubt it would have been discovered this fast and easily if it was closed source.
Ohh yeah, gotta think about children's safety online.
Imagine if the governments were to fund open source projects when they need and as such the benefit is available to everyone if they have no money.
In such scenario all governments/citizens would have access to software that is good.
One could use MailDrop to sign up.
Downside is that you could go back to the site and check their email again making it a potential security risk, that is unless the account isn't worth pennies!
It's not just people who know, knew but also new connections that could've gone somewhere given enough time and energy.
Being the first to fight for privacy in my circles has amputated so many of my possibilities.
Legislation needs to pas so I don't have to tell everyone that I don't want my damn picture on the internet every time someone pulls a phone out.
You have no need to tell them that!
Turn on your VPN in a country which is privacy sensitive and inform them that you are withdrawing consent to storing or processing your data.
I've dropped a template below which sums up some GDPR directives.
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To Whom It May Concern:
I am hereby requesting immediate erasure of personal data concerning me according to Article 17 GDPR.
Please erase all personal data concerning me as defined by Article 4(1) GDPR.
-name and surname -email address -phone number -home address -date of birth -race -gender -political opinions -credit card numbers -health data -images that include biometric data (face, retina, fingerprint) -identification number -cookie ID -internet protocol (IP) address -location data -advertising identifier of my devices -logs of my activity -typing habits -voice recordings/samples -height/weight data -residential status -profession/hobbies -skills/talents
I am of the opinion that the requirements set forth in Article 17(1) GDPR are fulfilled. You cannot claim an exception based on Article 17(3) GDPR either, particularly as I am not a public figure.
If I have given consent to the processing of my personal data (e.g. according to Article 6(1) or Article 9(2) GDPR), I am hereby withdrawing said consent for the entire process. In addition, I am objecting to the processing of personal data concerning me (which includes profiling), according to Article 21 GDPR. I request that you restrict the processing of the data concerning me pending the verification whether your legitimate grounds override mine, pursuant to Art. 18(1)(d) GDPR.
If you have made the aforementioned data public, you are obliged pursuant to Article 17(2) GDPR to take all reasonable steps to inform other controllers, including search engine operators, who process the personal data listed above, that I have requested the erasure of all links, copies or replications. This applies not only to exact copies of the data concerned, but also to those from which information contained in the data concerned can be derived.
In case you have disclosed the affected personal data to third parties, you have to communicate my request for erasure of the affected personal data, as well as any references to it, to each recipient as laid down in Article 19 GDPR. Please also inform me about those recipients.
If you object to the requested erasure, you have to justify that to me.
My request explicitly includes any other services and companies for which you are the controller as defined by Article 4(7) GDPR.
As laid down in Article 12(3) GDPR, you have to confirm the erasure to me without undue delay and in any event within one month of receipt of the request.
I am including the following information necessary for the sole purpose of identifying my data:
If you do not answer my request within the stated period, I am reserving the right to take legal action against you and to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority.
Thank you in advance.
Yours sincerely, (Your name here)
I've meditated about this a while now! Imagine the amount of electronic waste produced by planned obsolescence! You have a phone, TV, car and much more that could be diagnosed, repaired and reused for same or all different use cases.
All those phones that still are running LineageOS perfectly fine that could be used by the elderly who need not have much more than basic communication.
In the last couple of months I have noticed an increasing trend of supplying me search results that are completely unrelated to the current query and tie back to my location or previous searches. I can say this with a high degree of certainty this is without a doubt beyond the 100th instance this has happened.
My browser is configured against tracking and fingerprinting (in fact all my devices are) which would make it fairly difficult to retain any data unless they are profiling me.
Recently Motorola followed by Samsung started disabling/locking devices flagged as "illegal" through Mexico marking a precedent over the remote control manufacturers have over the devices they sell! Only after Mexican government made an official request to manufacturers they removed the lock.
Sources: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1537307-android-phones-disabled-remotly-in-mexico/ https://www.sammyfans.com/2023/10/23/samsung-stops-blocking-illegally-imported-galaxy-phones-in-mexico/